2010-11-01, 02:24 PM
SaptaZapta Wrote:Will bb give us more rewards for hard work, rather than simply 3 and 5 points?
I don't understand the question.
I'm referring to an end or a middle game. Not just access to party quests and medals, but an actual reason to achieve those levels. This doesn't need to be a pvp-style game, but it needs more reason for leveling than simply raising skill levels. That, or the leveling should just be abridged. With many of the core builds finished by level 100, what's the point of leveling 20 more times?
Many of these questions are linked to intrinsic reasons that players have quit the game in the past, and many of the questions interact with other questions. Let me show you through example.
They could have designed a game that didn't encourage exploiting the game in the way that it has been in the past. Stat whoring encouraged item duping in the past, and that's a good reason the game should be walking away from that part of design. Grinding also encouraged such exploitation. If players have a reason to be at a certain level (that is, seeing an equal need to be at a particular level versus level up), then it should quell the grinding factor. If players understand that they are rewarded for hard work on several dimensions then it draws the metagame away from stats and grinding. The current metagame is unidimensional, and therefore the exploits that hurt the game the most are much more damaging than if there were more reasons to play the game than leveling for the sake of leveling. The exploits that damage the game the most are the ones related to core game design, which implies that the core design factors should be examined. Nexon asks players if they want to level faster, but that question implies nothing about whether the game will be played differently. Furthermore, it implies nothing about what players actually want (do they want to achieve skills faster? do they want to grind less? do they simply enjoy leveling because it's thrilling?).
The question is, does bb change the facade of the game, is it the same game with a new face, or does it change the core, the metagame?

